On the 4th of July we went to a beach on Lake Superior where there was a tide pool type of area. The kids had a blast catching tadpoles there. We brought a bucketful home to raise to frogs. We have tried this in the past but have been unsuccessful. We were hopeful since these were already a bit older that we might have success. Here's some of the tadpoles in an ice cream bucket a day or two after we got them. You can tell that they're getting their legs.
After a couple of days we got a 5-gallon bucket full of water from Lake Superior when we were over there and got out our 20-gallon fish tank and put the water in it. We then added some rocks to it and an air bubbler to add oxygen to the water and put the tadpoles in. They have done great in there! By Sunday there were a couple with front legs but they still had a tail on them. By the next day those with the front legs from the day before had lost almost all their tails except for a little bump. Every day since then we've had more of them become frogs! We need to get the frogs released since they will be needing different food. It's so interesting watching them swim around and come out onto the rocks. Here are some pics I took of them.
• Sat 14 Jul 2007 - Awwwww